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English Grammar
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The NounsClassification
Features
Usage
Agreement between S. and V.
Practice
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词义
可数性
classification of nouns
based upon meanings based upon countability
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based on meaningsproper nouncommon noun
individual noun
collective noun
material noun
abstract noun
专有名词
普通名词
个体名词
集合名词
物质名词
抽象名词
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based on countability
countable noun
uncountable noun
可数名词
不可数名词
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﹡glass → a glass; iron → an iron; paper → a paper; ﹡youth → a youth; necessity → a necessity; beauty → a beauty; democracy → a democracy* bread; news; paper; chalk
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a poem poetry
a machine machinery
a garment clothing
a job work
a laugh laughter
a permit permission
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features性 (gender)
数 (number)
格 (case)
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gender阳性 --masculine
阴性— feminine
中性— neuter
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﹡boyfriend; girlfriend; woman doctor; man writer; ﹡he-goat; she-wolf; ﹡male elephant; female monkey;
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number单数— singular number
单数形式— singular form
复数— plural number
复数形式— plural form
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plural formregular
irregular
compound nouns
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1 books; pens; desks
2 classes; boxes; inches
bushes; [stomach]
3 family, factory,
city, country
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4 leaf, life, shelf, wife, thief, half, knife, wolf, loaf, self
﹡roof, cliff, proof, chief, gulf, belief, serf, brief, safe, grief ﹡scarf, handkerchief, hoof,
dwarf, wharf
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5 heroes, Negroes, potatoes, tomatoes, echoes, vetoes, dominoes, torpedoes﹡bamboos; radios; studios; cuckoos; folios; zoos embryos; kangaroos; ﹡photos, solos, pianos, kilos, memos, tobaccos, Eskimos, Filipinos, hippos
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﹡banjo, cargo, motto, halo, volcano, buffalo, archipelago, manifesto, tornado
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1 man, woman, foot,
tooth, goose, mouse
2 child, ox
3 fish, sheep, deer, Chinese,
means, series, species,
swine, aircraft, corps
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irregular1 changing vowels
2 adding suffix
3 in the same form (1-3)
4 plural form of letter, number, symbol & word
5 plural form of abbreviations
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1 sis → ses
crisis → crises
thesis → theses
emphasis → emphases
analysis → analyses
basis → bases
axis → axes
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2 um →a agendum → agenda datum → data stadium → stadia /stadiums stratum → strata gymnasium → gymnasia / bacterium → bacteria sanatorium → sanatoria /
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3 us → i
focus → foci / focuses
nucleus → nuclei / nucleuses
stratus → strati
stimulus → stimuli
4 a → ae
formula → formulae
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5 on → a
phenomenon → phenomena
criterion → criteria /
6 ix/ex → ices
appendix → appendices /
index → indices /
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letter, number, symbol, word
usu. add -s or –’s eg: three s’s; five 3’s / 3s; two but’s/buts; all the +’s
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abbreviations usu. add -s or –’s except special ones: eg: VIPs / VIP’s; MPs / MP’s yrs.; hrs; motels; demos; No.→Nos.; P.→P.P.; Mr. → Messrs.
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custom ; customs ; force ; forces ; good ; goods ; ground ; grounds ; iron ; irons ; letter ; letters ; sand ; sands ; work ; works ;
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case
普通格 - common case
所有格 - possessive case
主格 - nominative case
宾格 - objective case
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compound nouns
with principal body
without principal body
with man, woman &
boy, girl
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looker-on lookers-on
passer-by passers-by
runner-up runners-up
son-in-law sons-in-law
editor-in-chief editors-in-chief
grandchild grandchildren
army-man army-men
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grown-up grown-upsgo-between go-betweensdrawback drawbacks
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man-servant →
men-servants
woman-doctor →
women-doctors
* woman-hater →
woman-haters
* boy students girlfriends
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possessive case
formation
application
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singular nouns
plural nouns
proper nouns
shared nouns
un-shared nouns
加 -’s
-s 结尾加 -’ 不以 -s 结尾加 -’s
加 -’s; 以 -s 结尾加’ /’s
最后名词后加 -’s
每个名词后均加 -’s
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applications of possessive case
☆ applied to : nouns with vitality nouns without vitality ☆ ellipsis in possessive case☆ double possessive case
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① direct object
We love our great motherland.
② indirect object
Who sent Mr. Smith this letter?
③ prepositional object
The letter is for his mother.
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①object complement
②subject complement
They call me Xiao Wang.
He is called Uncle Li
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nouns with vitality
my mother’s glasses man’s knowledge camel’s legs
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nouns about: industry, material, machinery, factory, college and university, etc.
nouns about: country, planet, city, oceans, rivers, etc
nouns about: time, distance, price, weights and measures, etc.
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☆ industry’s problems;
machine’s power;
Cambridge’s students;
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☆ China’s capital;
earth’s surface;
the city’s museum;
the Yellow River’s length;
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☆ five minutes’ walk;
today’s newspaper;
ten miles’ drive;
a kilo’s weight;
ten dollars’ price;
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① leave out nouns mentioned before-Whose book is it? -It’s Tom’s. My bike is newer than Tom’s.
② leave out nouns for house, shops, buildings, etc.I’m going to my sister’s tomorrow.He’s gone to the barber’s.St. Paul’s (Cathedral)
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double possessive case
a friend of my husband’s the nice daughter of his sister’s that little brother of John’s those wonderful performances
of the children’s
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1 subject 2 predicative
3 object 4 attribute
5 adverbial 6 complement
7 appositive 8 vocative
Usage
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3 principles: ~ of grammatical concord
~ of notional concord
~ of attraction rules for sing. & plural
语法一致原则
意义一致原则吸引原则
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The volleyball team are playing well. The police are on the line of defense. This works was built in 1982. Is the United States a big country? All possible means have been adopted. Every means has been tried.
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In accordance with nearest n.
In accordance with farthest n.
Here is a pen and some pieces of paper for you. Here are some pieces of paper and a pen for you.
The teacher as well as the students was excited. He no less than you is my friend.
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﹡Neither…nor…﹡ Either… or…﹡ …or…﹡ Not only…but also…﹡“There /Here be” sentence
pattern
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S. is followed by:
(together) with…; along with…
in company with…; as well as…
like/unlike…; but/except…
rather than…; as much as…
no less than…; more than…
besides…; including…
in addition to…; …not…;
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1 each/either/neither/ 复合不定代词做主语
Is there anything in the box?Neither is good.2 整体看待的数目 , 时间 , 价值 , 重量…
等复数 n. 做主语 Only ten minutes was given to the
students to prepare the quiz.Thirty years has passed since they
parted.
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3 不可数名词 , 动名词 , 不定式 ,从句做主语
There is still plenty of time.To see is to believe.Seeing is believing.Making friends needs mutual
understanding.What he said is right.
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4 “ 单数名词 + and + 单数名词”结构表示一种概念或事物
Bread and butter is a daily food in the west.
A cart and horse was seen in the distance.
The poet and writer has already come.The hammer and sickle was flying over
the roof. Time and tide waits for no man.
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5 each/every 修饰名词做主语 “each/every + 单数可数名词+
and +each/every+ 单数可数名词” Each boy and girl has the right to go to
school.Every second and every minute is
important.Every man, woman and child is an
important being.
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6 “more than one + 单数可数名词” “many a + 单数可数名词” ““more +more + 复数名词复数名词 +than one”+than one”
“ “many +many + 复数名词”复数名词” More than one suggestion was raised at
the meeting.
Many a student likes popular songs.
More suggestions than one were raised…
Many students like popular songs.
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1. n. + and + n. as S.
both…and… as S.
The French and the English language have something in common.
Both the teacher and his students were invited to attend the meeting.
2. collective n. as S.
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3. the + adj. as S.The old are respected in China.4. all/none/some/any/more/most the rest of/ the majority of none but (→only)S.← fraction, percentage and half (n.) possessive pron. such /the same who /what /which
it depends
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Most of his friends ___ (be) rich.
Most of his time __(be) spent playing. All ____ (be) agreed. All ____ (go) well. None but the brave man ________
(deserve) a reward. None but the fools ____ (be)
prepared to believe that.
are
isaregoes
deserves
are
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More than 70% of the surface of the earth ___ (be) covered with/by water.
Three-fourths of the students in our class ____ (be) League Members.
His ___ (be) a new bike. Ours ___ (be) old bikes.
is
are
is
are
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5. one and a half +pl. n. =
one + sing. n. + and a half as S. indicating time, distance and
weight →sing. v. indicating amounts →pl. v. One and a half miles ___ (have)
been covered.One and a half apples ____ (be) left
in the plate.
has
were
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Such ___ (be) our plan.
Such ___ (be) his words.
Who live(s) next door?
Which is/are your book/books?
What produce(s) heat?
is
are
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6. who/that/which as S. (relative pron.) V. →antecedentThose who _____ (want) to go
please sign your names here. Some of the energy that ___
(be) used by man comes from the sun.
want
is
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﹡“one of + pl. n. + who /which
/that” →pl. v.
“the only one of + pl. n. + who
/which /that” →sing. v.This is one of the best questions
that ____ (have) been asked. She was the only one of the girls
who ____ (be) late for the meeting.
have
was
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7. glasses, clothes, trousers, shoes, compasses, chopsticks, scissors… →pl. v.
“a kind of, a pair of, a series of + ~ → sing. v.
My trousers ___ (be) new.A pair of shoes ___ (be) on the
desk.
arewas
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(1) cattle, police, people, mankind, poultry, militia, vermin…
(2) machinery, equipment, merchandise, jewelry…
(3) family, team, committee, crew, staff, audience, club, class, company, crowd, enemy, government, group, public, population …
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Part One
Part Two
Part Three
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1 All the childrens’ toys had been put away.
2 The chief criteria on which an essay should be judged is whether or not it communicates clearly.
childrens’ → children’s
criteria → criterion
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3 This data proves conclusively that the lake is badly polluted.
4 Each person applying for the job must fill out this form before they will be granted an interview.
data → datum
they → he (he or she)
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5 Somehow, neither Sally nor Tom were as tidy as both had been when they set out.
6 The government are intending to build a new terminal at this airport.
were → was
are → is
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7 The media usually assumes that the audience has a very short attention span.
8 The separatist movement seems to have been a short-lived phenomena.
media → medium
phenomena → phenomenon
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9 The police is investigating the case, and hope to make an arrest soon.
is → are
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1 His “Selected Poems” ___first published in 1965.
A were B was C has been
2 Mathematics ___ the language of science.
A is B are going to be C are
B
A
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3 Miss Smith is a friend of ___. A Mary’s mother’s B Mary’s mother C Mother’s of Mary D Mary mother’s4 A good deal of money ___ spent on
books. A have B has C have been D has been
A
D
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5 Tables are made of ____.
A wood B woods
C wooden D some woods
6 On the wall ____ two large portraits.
A hangs B hang
C hanged D hanging
A
B
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7 “I wonder whose bicycle it is. “It might be my ____” A neighbor’s B dear neighbor C neighbor D neighbors8 “Where’s your brother? ” “At ___ ”. A Mr. Green’s B Greens C the Mr. Green’s D the Greens
A
A
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9 ____turn green in spring.
A Leaf B Leafs C Leave D Leaves
10 Nobody but Jane ____ the secret.
A know B knows
C have known D is known
11 Father went to his doctor for ____about his heart. A an advice
B advice C advices D the advices
D
B
B
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12 All but one ___here just now.
A is B was
C has been D were
13 Not only I but also Jane and Mary ____tired of having one examination after another.
A is B are C am D be
D
B
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14 I’ll look into the matter as soon as possible. Just have a little _____.
A wait B time C patience D rest15 The number of people invited
_____ fifty, but a number of them _____absent for different reasons.
A were; was B was; was C was; were D were; were
C
C
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1 Acoustics ___ a subject I know little about.
2 This crossroads ____ dangerous.
3 There ____ four crossroads in our village.
4The acoustics in this room ____ very good.
areis
are
is
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5 There ____ many series of books on birds.
6 ____ there any kennels in this area?
7 The statistics in this report ____ inaccurate.
8 ____ there any statistics for road accidents?
are
Are
are
Are
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9 Many species of moth ____ disappeared.
10 This species ____ green and white spots.
11 Our works ____ a good canteen.
12 My maths ____ got worse and worse.
have
has
hashas
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13 The goods you ordered ____ arrived.
14 Where ____ the scissors?
15 How much ____ a good pair of trousers cost these days?
16 If your clothes ____ dirty, please put them in the laundry basket.
have
are
has
are
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17 My jeans ____ faded much.
18 All their belongings ____ been destroyed in a fire.
19 My earnings ____ not high.
20 These shorts ____ not fit me at all.
have
have
aredo